Endangered Species Links

These links will take you off the CNPS web site. Please bookmark your place before proceeding. (Last updated November 30, 2006 .)

CNPS Resources

• CNPS statement supporting CESA over NPPA (PDF, 38k)
• The New CESA and Plant Protection
• CNPS Equal Protection for Plants Campaign
• CNPS Manual on the HCP-NCCP Process (PDF, 0.98 MB)
• CNPS comment letter on proposal to revise procedures for designating critical habitat under the Federal Endangered Species Act (pdf, 08/12/99, 40k)
• CNPS comment letter on the "Draft Addendum to the Final Handbook for Habitat Conservation Planning and Incidental Take Permitting Process" (PDF, 5/7/99, 81k)
• Species Protection: Economic Issues, Myths and Facts (PDF, 10/13/97, 28k)

Federal and State Endangered Species Acts

• Federal Endangered Species Act
• Federally-listed Threatened and Endangered Species
• USFWS Endangered Species Bulletins
• California Endangered Species Act
• State-listed Endangered, Threatened and Rare Plants

Other State Laws Pertaining to Plants

• Native Plant Protection Act
• Section 384(a) of the Penal Code
• California Desert Native Plant Act

General Information on Endangered Species

• Environmental Education on the Internet Endangered Species Page

Federal and State Habitat and Species Conservation Planning

• Habitat Conservation Planning (Federal)
• National Center for Environmental Decision Making Research HCP Case Studies
• NCEAS and AIBS Report: Using Science in HCPs - PDF Format
• Natural Communities Conservation Planning (California)

HCPs In Progress

• Western Riverside County Multiple Species Habitat Conservation Plan (WRC MSHCP)